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MILAN - Inter are without a point after two Champions League Group B matches as Pizarro and Podolski scored late goals to give Bayern Munich a 2-0 victory in Matchday 2 at the San Siro. The Nerazzurri ended the game with nine men after the second-half dismissals of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Fabio Grosso.

The Germans kept Inter busy in the opening half with a crossfield passing game which produced little in terms of attempts on goal.

Inter's best chance of the first period fell to Ibrahimovic, who cut inside an opponent on the left channel to create a yard of space and crashed a low right-foot shot just wide of the target.

The Nerazzurri were reduced to ten men 13 minutes after the restart when Ibrahimovic was sent marching for a second yellow.

Mancini's men rallied and went close through Crespo who received from Zanetti in the Bayern box and fired on target but Kahn narrowed the angle to make a vital save.

At the other end Scholl's glancing header from Schweinsteiger's corner finished just wide of the back post.

Bayern broke the deadlock with nine minutes remaining when Peruvian forward Claudio Pizarro met a cross into the box and beat Julio Cesar with a close-range shot that took a lucky bounce before ending up in the back of the net.

To add insult to injury Fabio Grosso was harshly shown a straight red card for elbowing Sagnol in the final minutes before Bayern substitute Podolski wrapped up victory in stoppage time, firing into an open goal after turning Julio Cesar in the area.